IGC Urges Timor-Leste Government to Close Borders Amid Global COVID-19 Delta Virus Surge
DILI: Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 taskforce urged the government on Thursday to close the country’s land and sea borders for two weeks in response to a surge in COVID-19 Delta Virus cases in neighbouring countries.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s youth party KHUNTO has declared it will back Vice Prime Minister Armanda Berta as a candidate in next year’s President of Republic election.
Civil Society, Horta Outraged at Timor-Leste’s Failure to Support UN Resolution Against Myanmar’s Military Coup
DILI: Civil Society leaders and former Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta have expressed their dismay at Timor-Leste’s decision to abstain from voting on the United Nation's resolution against Myanmar's military coup, labelling the move a “vote of shame” and demanding accountability over who made the decision.
No Vaccine, No Travel: Timor-Leste Parliament Gets Tough on COVID anti-vaxxer Members
DILI: National Parliament has told its members that they will not be allowed to work in the field if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccination without legitimate health reasons,
DILI: Dili will exit a COVID-19 lockdown on Thursday night, government authorities said, although restrictions on travel from the city to municipalities would likely remain for another week.
Timor-Leste Extends Most Sanitary Fences and Bolsters Vaccination Campaign
DILI: Timor-Leste on Wednesday has agreed to maintain its sanitary fences in Dili, Baucau, Bobanaro and Covalima, remove the one in Viqueque, while also strengthening its vaccination campaign against the fast-moving coronavirus.
Timor-Leste Extends Most Sanitary Fences and Bolsters Vaccination Campaign
DILI: Timor-Leste on Wednesday has agreed to maintain its sanitary fences in Dili, Baucau, Bobanaro and Covalima, remove the one in Viqueque, while also strengthening its vaccination campaign against the fast-moving coronavirus.
DILI: Timor-Leste on Tuesday reported another death of a person infected with the COVID-19, an 86-year old man, bringing the total number of deaths to 18 since the pandemic started, the Integrated Centre for Crisis Management (IGC) reported.
Coronavirus Restrictions Amplify Health Risks to People with HIV in Timor-Leste
DILI:Timor-Leste’s state of emergency and restrictions on movement are preventing some people with HIV from getting the life-saving treatment they need – and potentially putting their compromised immunessystem at risk if they contract COVID-19, according to HIV/AIDS organisations.
DILI: A Timor-Leste police officer shot and killed a father and son and left a third victim critically injured in Lahane village Dili early Saturday morning, in violence that prompted Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak to denounce the officer’s gun behaviour and drew calls from civil society to review policegun policy.
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DIlI:New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has pledged 24,000 AstraZeneka vaccines to Timor-Leste, under the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) COVAX programme, according to a New Zealand government statement released Tuesday.
Impacts of COVID-19 Drive Rise in Child Malnutrition, Health Directors say
DILI: Parts of Timor-Leste are suffering some of the worst levels of acute child malnutrition problems in recent years, with 92 children receiving emergency treatment at the health centre in Formoza, Dili alone, health officials said on Tuesday.
COVID-19: Timor-Leste Schools Unlikely to Open Until all Teachers Vaccinated
DILI: Public schools in Timor-Leste will reactivate face-to-face classes when all teachers have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Minister of Education Armindo Maia said on Monday.
DILI: Timorese Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak lashed out at people refusing to get their COVID-19 vaccination on Monday, saying getting the jab amounted to “citizen’s role” in helping Timor-Leste battle the coronavirus pandemic.
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